साहेब sāhēb

साहेब صاحب sāhēb (arabe)

The Master, Lord; a whiteman, European; boss; gentleman, white collared person; a title of courtesy; (vocative) word of respect.

साह(हि)ब sāha(hi)ba sa:ha(hi)b (nm) the Master, Lord; a whiteman, European; boss; gentleman, white collared person; a title of courtesy; (vocative) word of respect. ~बज़ादा son of a साहब son; ~वज़ादी daughter of a साहब daughter

A صاحب ṣāḥib, corr. ṣāḥab, ṣāb (act. part. of صحب 'to associate,' &c.), adj. Possessing, possessed of, endowed with (used in comp.; see below); — s.m. Companion, associate, comrade; possessor, owner, lord, great man, governor, chief; (in some Hindī dialects) God; — a gentleman, a European gentleman; a title of courtesy, Master, Mr., Sir. ṣāḥib-zāda, s.m. One of genteel family, a young gentleman; young master; (in polite speech) your son: — an inexperienced youth, a greenhorn.